HEAD COACH: Blaine Taylor (Montana '81)
* Top Assistant at Stanford the last three years
* 142-65 at Montana (1991-1998) - five 20+ win seasons.
* 397-172 in 19 years as an assistant and head coach
* 1992 Montana team was 27-4
* 1992 National Rookie Coach of the Year
* 1992 Big Sky Coach of the Year

THIS DAY IN MONARCH HISTORY
Feb. 1, 1992, All-CAARicardo Leonard hits 17 of 20 free throws (2nd most in ODU history) to lead the Monarchs to a 102-92 overtime win over William and Mary.

TONIGHT'S OFFICIALS
Larry Rose, Bill Humes, Terry Nobles

PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS:
Jan. 21. Ricardo Marsh shares the honor with UNCW's Craig Callahan. Marsh
averaged 28.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals during the week against Delaware
and Hofstra. He scored a career high 30 points vs Delaware and 27 vs. Hofstra.

Jan. 14, Senior Rasheed Wright who averaged 17.5 points , 5.5 rebounds, and 2.5
Steals in ODU's victories over UNC Wilmington and William and Mary was named
CAA Player of the Week.

A ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS:
Jan. 27th, freshman Isaiah Hunter averaged 12 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.5
Assists in ODU's wins over GMU and JMU. He scored a career high 17 against
the Patriots.

Nov. 25th, freshman Alex Loughton who grabbed eight rebounds and scored 13 points against North Carolina, was named CAA Rookie of the Week.

CAA GAMES TODAY:
Drexel at UNC Wilmington Noon
Towson at George Mason 7:00
Hofstra at James Madison 7:00
William and Mary at Delaware 7:00

SERIES VS. VCU
ODU Leads: 32-31

First Meeting: 1968-69, ODU wins, 101-69
Last Meeting: Jan. 4, 2003 in Richmond, VA.
Jan. 4, 2003, VCU 73, ODU 64
The Rams had five players in double figures led by Dominic Jones led with 19 points,
and nine rebounds. Emanuel Mathis added 14 points and Antoine Willie came off the
bench to scored 10. ODU was led by Rasheed Wright with 16 points, while Ricardo
Marsh scored 13 and hauled in 14 rebounds. John Waller scored 11 with six boards.
VCU shot .491 from the floor, while ODU shot.371. ODU outrebounded the Rams,
40-38. Both teams committed only 13 turnovers.

CAA MARGINS
Five of ODU's six CAA wins have won by ten or more.
In ODU's three CAA losses, ODU has lost by 9, 4 and 1.

MONARCHS SIGN ONE IN EARLY PERIOD
ODU signed Valdas Vasylius from nearby Norfolk Collegiate High School.
He is a 6-7, 215-pounder originally from Klaipeda, Lithuania. (19.6 ppg/12.2 rpg)

LAST TIME ODU DID THIS
Scored 90 or more points: 103-69 in 1998-99 vs. VMI
Scored 100 or more points: same as above
Won by 20 or more points: 20, 82-62 vs. Maryland- Eastern Shore, 12-14-02
Lost by 20 or more: 25, Dec. 2001, to Memphis, 91-66
Gave up 90 or more points: 91 by Memphis, 2001-02
Won an overtime game: March 3, 2001 vs. William & Mary in CAA Trn.
Shot 60 percent or better from the floor: .617(29-47) vs. George Mason Feb. 21,01
Shot 50 percent of better from the floor: (28-56).500 vs. UMES, 12-14-02
Shot less than 30 percent from the floor:293(17-58) vs. St. Joseph's, 12-01-02
Shot less than 50 percent from the free throw line: .480(12-25) vs. VCU Jan. 4, 03
Shot 90% or better from the line: Dec. 28, 2002(.905) 19-21, at GW
Blocked 10 or more shots: 16 vs. American, Jan. 16, 1999
Had 10 or more shots blocked: 10 by Richmond, Mar 4, 2000.CAA Trn.
Committed 20 or more turnovers: 22 at Towson, Jan. 14, 2002
Committed 10 or less turnovers: 9 vs Delaware, Jan. 15, 2003
ODU won four our more games on the road: 1998-99(7-5 + 5-2 in neutral games).

MILESTONES
Ricardo Marsh has 1213 career points and 608 career rebounds...He is the 38th
Monarch to break the 1,000 career point mark (vs. Dayton). Marsh currently ranks
23rd on the ODU all-time scoring list, and 19th on the ODU all-time rebounding list. Rasheed Wright became the 39th Monarch to reach the 1,000 point plateau (vs. Hofstra). He now has 1047 career points.

Since Losing to ECU
Ricardo Marsh, who scored only 8 in the ECU game has averaged 20.3 ppg and
8.8 rebounds per game. ODU is 8-4 in that stretch.